Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 11:20
And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
20. Maacah ] Perhaps the grand-daughter of Absalom, since she is called the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah in 2Ch 13:2 (where “Maacah” should be read with the LXX. for “Michaiah”). Absalom had no son (2Sa 18:18), but he may have had a daughter who married Uriel and became the mother of this Maacah.
Abijah ] Called “Abijam” 1Ki 15:1.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Maachah the daughter of Absalom – Rather, grand-daughter (see the 1Ki 15:2 note).
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 20. Maachah the daughter of Absalom] 1Kg 15:10. She is called Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel, 2Ch 13:2. For this the Targum gives the following reason: “Abijah reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Michaiah, daughter of Uriel of Gibeatha. She is the same as Michah, the daughter of Absalom; but, because she was an upright woman, her name was changed into the more excellent name Michaiah, and her fathers name into that of Uriel of Gibeatha, that the name of Absalom might not be remembered.”
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
20. after her he took Maachah . . .daughterthat is, granddaughter (2Sa14:27) of Absalom, Tamar being, according to JOSEPHUS,her mother. (Compare 2Sa 18:18).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And after he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom,…. Thought by some to be Absalom the son of David, his father’s brother, and his uncle, and so married his cousin; but Absalom seems to have had but one daughter, whose name was Tamar, 2Sa 14:27, and the name of this man is different from his; he is called Abishalom, 1Ki 15:2
and Uriel of Gibeah; 2Ch 13:2, of the tribe of Benjamin, whereas Absalom was of the tribe of Judah:
which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith: Abijah the firstborn, and who was successor in the kingdom, is the same with Abijam, 1Ki 14:31 of the rest we nowhere else read.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Maachah the daughter, i.e., the granddaughter, of Absalom; for she cannot have been Absalom’s daughter, because Absalom, according to 2Sa 14:27, had only one daughter, Tamar by name, who must have been fifty years old at Solomon’s death. According to 2Sa 18:18, Absalom left no son; Maachah therefore can only be a daughter of Tamar, who, according to 2Ch 13:2, was married to Uriel of Gibeah: see on 1Ki 15:2. Abijah, the oldest son of Maachah, whom his father nominated his successor (2Ch 11:22 and 2Ch 12:16), is called in the book of Kings constantly Abijam, the original form of the name, which was afterwards weakened into Abijah.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(20) Maachah the daughter of Absalomi.e., granddaughter, as appears from 2Sa. 14:27, where Tamar is named as the one daughter of Absalom Josephus says Maachah was daughter of Tamar (Ant 8:10, 1). (Comp. 2Sa. 18:18; 2Ch. 13:2; 1Ki. 15:10.)
Which bare him Abijah.Rehoboams successor, called Abijam in Kings. The other three are unknown.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Maachah. Her other name was Michaiah (2Ch 13:2).
Absalom. Same as Abishalom (1Ki 15:2).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Maachah: 2Ch 11:21, 2Ch 13:2, Michaiah the daughter of Uriel
Absalom: 1Ki 15:2, Abishalom
Abijah: 2Ch 12:16, 1Ki 15:1, Abijam, Mat 1:7, Abia
Reciprocal: 1Ki 15:10 – mother’s 1Ch 2:35 – Attai Dan 5:2 – father